The next meeting of IPROA will be held on Saturday the 23rd February 2019 at 11.0 a.m. under the Chairmanship of Shri R.Ganesan Ex Secretary Dept of Posts India in Golden Swan Country Club Yewoor Hills Thane followed by lunch with the contribution from the attending members.Kindly attend the meeting without fail and bring in more members.With Profound Respects,Yours Sincerely,Tauro Secretary IPROA
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U.P.C.Tauro, Secretary IPROA

Contact Secretary

Saturday, 24 March 2018

COMMISSIONING MOTHER ENTITLED TO MATERNITY

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Maternity Leave and Pension

Hon’ble Delhi High Court vide its judgement dated 17.07.2015 in the Writ Petition (C) No. 844/2014 – Rama Pandey vs. Union of India &Ors., has laid down that a female employee, who is the commissioning mother, would be entitled to apply for maternity leave. Department of Personnel and Training, after examination of the judgement, has circulated it to all Ministries/Departments for wide publicity vide Office Memorandum dated 29.01.2018.

In accordance with the Office Memorandum No. 1/13/09- P&PW (E) dated 19th July, 2017, family pension would also be granted to a divorced daughter from the date of divorce in cases where the divorce proceedings had been filed in a competent court during the life-time of the employee/pensioner or his/her spouse but divorce took place after their death, subject to fulfilment of all other conditions for grant of family pension.

No centralized data regarding grant of pension/family pension by the various Pension Disbursing authorities is maintained.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Jitendra Singhin a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.